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Harrison Miiflin, of Philadelphia. On his 

 father's side he traced his descent from George 

 Gardiner, who settled in Aquidneck, Ehode 

 Island (the site of the present town of Nar- 

 ragansett), in 1635. On both sides his an- 

 cestors had distinguished themselves by serv- 

 ices to their respective communities and to 

 their common country. He was born in New 

 York City July 29, 1854, and died in Boston 

 November 4, 1907. He was married April 

 6, 1895, to Miss Jane Greene Hooper, who, 

 with two children, a boy and girl, survives 

 him. 



He was educated at the Boston Latin 

 School and intended, as a matter of course, 

 to enter Harvard, but a trouble with his eyes 

 cut him off for several years from all studies. 

 Diiring this time he made the acquaintance 

 of Professor Alpheus Hyatt, and his associa- 

 tion with this distinguished naturalist awoke 

 in him a love of science destined to be life- 

 long. He assisted Professor Hyatt sorting 

 scientific material in the Museum of Natural 

 History of Boston, and with him made re- 

 peated cruises for collection of material as 

 far north as Labrador. His interest in biol- 

 ogy and his warm affection for Professor 

 Hyatt led him to pursue his studies at the 

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at first 

 as a special student, which was all his eyes 

 made possible. In 1882 he graduated with 

 the degree of Ph.B. and went abroad for two 

 years to carry on his scientific studies. In 

 1884 he received the degree of Ph.D. from the 

 University of Leipzig, the subject of his thesis 

 being " Beitrage zur Kenntniss des Epitrich- 

 iums und der Bildung des Vogelschnabels," 

 published separately and also in ArcMv fur 

 Mihroshopische Anatomie, Vol. XXIV., 1885. 

 Leuckart, for whom he often expressed great 

 admiration, was his principal teacher in Leip- 

 zig, but he also attended the lectures of Rau- 

 ber, Zirkel, Credner, Sclienk, Marshall, Fraisse 

 and Chun. 



On his return from Leipzig, he entered the 

 laboratory of Professor W. T. Sedgwick in 

 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 

 was vrelcomed as a well-trained zoologist. 

 After a year as graduate student in Professor 

 Sedgwick's laborato-^y, he was appointed suc- 



cessively assistant and instructor, in which 

 capacities he served from 1885 to 1892. Pro- 

 fessor Sedgwick vtrrites that " Gardiner was 

 always a devoted friend of the laboratory and 

 left us because teaching had become irksome 

 to him and interfered greatly with the orig- 

 inal work which he hoped and expected to do 

 at Woods Hole." 



In 1888 Dr. Gardiner was elected a member 

 of the original board of trustees of the Marine 

 Biological Laboratory, which included also 

 William G. Farlow, Alpheus Hyatt, Susan 

 Minns, Charles S. Minot, William T. Sedg- 

 wick and Samuel Wells. Dr. Gardiner, who 

 had consented to enter the board to fill a 

 temporary vacancy, soon withdrew, but it was 

 for a year only, and in 1890 he was again 

 elected a member of the board and served 

 continuously to the time of his death, when 

 he was the only member of the original board 

 remaining on it. He shared in the work of 

 the first session of the laboratory, 1888, and 

 was instructor in 1889, 1890 and 1891. He 

 served as clerk of the corporation from 1895 

 to 1902 and again from 1906 to the time of 

 his death. He also acted as secretary of the 

 board of trustees from 1896 to 1902 and was 

 again elected to the same office only three 

 months before death deprived the board of his 

 valuable and efficient services. 



It is impossible in a brief sketch to even 

 mention the nmnerous services rendered by 

 Dr. Gardiner, as officer and never-failing 

 friend, to the Marine Biological Laboratory. 

 His long connection with laboratory affairs 

 and intimate knowledge of its history made 

 him one of the most important members of 

 the board of trustees, and his high standing 

 in Boston enabled him to secure valuable as- 

 sistance for the promotion of the interests- of 

 the laboratory. 



The board of trustees of the Marine Biolog- 

 ical Laboratory record their sorrow at his un- 

 timely death, their sense of great loss, and 

 their admiration for the fine sense of honor 

 and loyalty that characterized his life. And 

 they order this record spread upon the minutes 

 of the board of trustees, and recommend that 

 it be published, and that copies be sent to his 

 family, near relatives and friends to express 



